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    Hans Albrecht Bethe (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈbeːtə] ⓘ; July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005) was a German-American theoretical physicist who made major contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics, and solid-state physics, and who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of stellar ...

  3. Hans A. Bethe was a world-renowned scientist, a distinguished professor of physics and one of the most honored faculty members in Cornell's 140-year history. A pioneer of 20th century physics and astronomy, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the ...

  4. Mar 7, 2020 · Nobel laureate Hans Bethe, the last of the giants of the golden age of 20th-century physics and the birth of modern atomic theory, and one of science's most universally admired figures, died quietly yesterday evening at his home in Ithaca, N.Y. He was 98. At his death, Bethe was emeritus professor of physics at Cornell University, the ...

  5. Hans Bethe | MIT Compton Lectures. Hans Bethe (1906–2005) completed his PhD in theoretical physics in 1928. He then held a position as acting assistant professor at the University of Tubingen, which he lost after fleeing the Nazi regime in Germany.

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    American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Rumford prize, 1963. American Philosophical Society, Benjamin Franklin Medal, 2005. Franklin Institute, Ben Franklin medal, 1959. German Physical Society, Max Planck Medal, 1955. Government of Germany, Order Pour le Merite for Arts and Sciences, 1984. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laborator...

    The Atomic Heritage Foundation Bacher, R.F. & V.F. Weisskopf, “The Career of Hans Bethe,” in Perspectives in Modern physics: Essays in Honor of Hans A. Bethe on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday, July 1966, ed. by R.E. Marshak (Wiley Interscience, NY, 1966), 1-8. Baron, Eddie L., in Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers (Springer, NY, 2007), pp....

    Broad, William J., New York Times, 7 March 2005 Dyson, Freeman, Science 308, 219 (2005). The Economist, 17 March 2005 Gottfried, Kurt & Edwin E. Salpeter, Nature 434, 970-71 (21 April 2005). The Telegraph, 8 March 2005 Weil, Martin, Washington Post, 8 March 2005 Wijers, Ralph, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 39, 1055-56 (2007).

    AIP Center for History of Physics (many photos) Caltech Archives (7 photos) Nelson, Harry N., University of California, Santa Barbara Cornell University(several, including a painting)

    Minor Planet #30828 Bethe American Physical Society, Hans Bethe Prize Cornell University, Bethe Lecture Series, Hans Bethe House

  6. Hans Albrecht Bethe was born in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, on July 2 1906. He attended the Gymnasium in Frankfurt from 1915 to 1924. He then studied at the University of Frankfurt for two years, and at Munich for two and one half years, taking his Ph. D. in theoretical physics with Professor Arnold Sommerfeld in July 1928.

  7. July 2, 1906–March 6, 2005. by gerald e. brown and sabine lee. hans albreCht bethe, who died on march 6, 2005, at the age of 98, was one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, a giant among giants whose legacy will remain with physics and the wider science community for years to come. he was universally admired for his scientific ...

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